Did you know that May 8, 2002 was not only a very special day, but also a very unique one? Here are 14 funny facts about this unique day that will help you understand why it's so special. It's very important to pay attention to these facts because otherwise you might miss out on something truly amazing.
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-- days-- hours-- minutes-- secondsThis year you are getting older. You have celebrated your 23rd birthday on Thursday. How was your 23rd birthday? Is it fun? We wish you good memories on your birthday. Celebrating a festive birthday party with family and friends, getting gifts and surprises will certainly make you happier.
Did you know that people born on May 8
We have calculated and figured out your birthday for the next 10 years. Prepare yourself to welcome your upcoming birthdays with your family and close friends. You will get many gifts from people who love and care about you. There are 170 days until your next birthday. By then, you will be 24 years old. There have been 8596 days since the day you were born. If you slept for 8 hours each day since birth, you have slept for a total of 2866 days, which is equivalent to 7.85 years. You spent 34.13% of your life sleeping!
| Year | Day | Your Age |
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| 2026 | Friday | 24 Years Old |
| 2027 | Saturday | 25 Years Old |
| 2028 | Monday | 26 Years Old |
| 2029 | Tuesday | 27 Years Old |
| 2030 | Wednesday | 28 Years Old |
| 2031 | Thursday | 29 Years Old |
| 2032 | Saturday | 30 Years Old |
| 2033 | Sunday | 31 Years Old |
| 2034 | Monday | 32 Years Old |
| 2035 | Tuesday | 33 Years Old |

According to western astrology, the zodiac sign of people born on May 8

People born on 8
When you were born, there were many famous people in history who were born on the same day as you but in different years. The following are famous people in history who commemorate birthdays on May 8
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1956 | Jeff Wincott, Canadian actor and martial artist |
| 1957 | Bill Cowher, American football player and coach |
| 1957 | Gary Lunn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 6th Canadian Minister of Natural Resources |
| 1957 | Rino Katase, Japanese actress |
| 1958 | Brooks Newmark, American-English businessman and politician, Lord of the Treasury |
| 1958 | Lovie Smith, American football player and coach |
| 1958 | Roddy Doyle, Irish novelist, playwright, and screenwriter |
| 1958 | Simone Kleinsma, Dutch actress and singer |
| 1959 | David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland, English politician |
| 1959 | Ikue Sakakibara, Japanese actress and singer |
Did you know that on May 8
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1794 | Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (b. 1743) |
| 1819 | Kamehameha I, king of the Hawaiian Islands (b. 1738) |
| 1822 | John Stark, American general (b. 1728) |
| 1828 | Mauro Giuliani, Italian guitarist, cellist, and composer (b. 1781) |
| 1837 | Alexander Balashov, Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Police (b. 1770) |
| 1842 | Jules Dumont d'Urville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1790) |
| 1853 | Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1785) |
| 1880 | Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821) |
| 1891 | Helena Blavatsky, Russian-English mystic and author (b. 1831) |
| 1891 | John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1816) |
History has been made on your birthday. The following are important historical events that occurred on May 8
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1972 | Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place naval mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation. |
| 1973 | A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants. |
| 1976 | The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain. |
| 1978 | The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. |
| 1980 | The World Health Organization confirms the eradication of smallpox. |
| 1984 | Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three people and wounding 13. René Jalbert, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour. |
| 1984 | The Thames Barrier is officially opened, preventing the floodplain of most of Greater London from being flooded except under extreme circumstances. |
| 1984 | The USSR announces a boycott upon the Summer Olympics at Los Angeles, later joined by 14 other countries. |
| 1987 | The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland. |
| 1988 | A fire at Illinois Bell's Hinsdale Central Office triggers an extended 1AESS network outage once considered to be the "worst telecommunications disaster in US telephone industry history". |
In 2002, there were many popular baby names. For baby boys, Jacob is the most used. A total of 30,579 baby boys were named Jacob in 2002. The rest were named Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. While the popular baby girl name in 2002 was Emily. There were 24,467 baby girls named Emily that year. While the rest were named Madison, Hannah, Emma and Alexis. These statistics are obtained from ssa.gov which compiles popular baby names of the last century in United States.
Based on World Population Data, in 2002 there were 6,301,773,172 babies born into the world. If we take the mean value, we get 525,147,765. This shows that there were 525,147,765 babies born every month in 2002. It can also be concluded that there are 17,504,926 babies born every day and 12,157 babies born every minute which is mean that 203 babies born every second in the year 2002. Maybe one of them is you.
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